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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
7
In a county court a seat collapses under three auctioneers crowded in a penlike contrivance. A lawyer quips it is “three auctioneers gone off in one lot” as a cloud of dust fills the court. The judge queries the noise.
A humorous exchange from the Kansas City Star recounts Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge boasting about fourteen “peartest children” while a friend quips his wife claimed fifteen. The dialogue underscores playful family lore and local rural wit.
An advertisement touts double strength oxythine to remove freckles. It claims an ounce from a druggist nightly applications clear complexion, even heavy freckles, with a money back guarantee if ineffective.
A new report from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce notes American dye works now produce coastal colors at 145000 tons per privalix, manufactured entirely from American raw materials, highlighting the strong domestic dye industry and resource self sufficiency.
An article fragment provides skin care advice for babies using hot water Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with a reminder of small sample offers by mail. It also notes an unusual Toledo dinner where guests cooked their own food by electricity and a humorous line about peanut politics in a dialog.
Seasonal health push advertises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse tainted blood and boost vitality improving skin issues like rashes boils carbuncles while promoting pure blood. It touts Anuric as a uric acid eliminator for backache scalding urination and gout relief with a 50 cent to 60 cent price range at drugstores.
The speaker argues for a broad background to study man and the Bible, tracing religious evolution from nature worship to Hebrew scripture. It covers Egyptian through Greek influences, translations from Hebrew to Greek, then to Latin and English versions, and ends with the Bible’s evolving authority and the enduring inner light it delivers.
The Kansas City Star argues that if England and Germany grant concessions to freedom of the seas demanded by American public opinion, it will be due to President Wilson's resolve and not to Bryan's statements. It warns that Wilson's firmness must be supported by a peaceful yet determined American people ready to fight if required.
An advertisement touts drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush poisons from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It promises purifying effects and renewed energy resembling youth, urging daily use and purchase of limestone phosphate from druggists.
A quip questions whether Russians faced a tough task seizing Mush or a soft job highlighting the city name as a pun. The line plays on local phrasing and implied difficulty in a historical or humorous context.
Urine may turn cloudy and bladder irritation occur when kidneys are overworked by uric acid from meat. Rest, backache, dizziness, sour stomach, and rheumatic pains can follow. reduce meat, drink plenty of water, and take four ounces of Jad Salts daily in water to cleanse and stimulate kidney function. A new fishhook with prongs is mentioned for live bait.
After breakfast Mr Meeker asks what his wife would do if he were a cross husband who kicks up a row when coffee is cold. She answers she would not argue but make it hot for him.
The item notes that warm weather is the best substitute for coal, remarking that every issue pretends to weigh both sides yet few do. It comments on the impracticality of coal alternatives and the appeal of milder climates as a heating option.
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